GT350 Nurburgring times?

[Dave2013M3]

I know Mustang engineers said the Carrera S was one of their benchmarks and I hope they get close. Here is a 991S running a 7:37 from BTG.



Has there been any leaked numbers at the ring for the GT350.

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[likeaboss]

I know Mustang engineers said the Carrera S was one of their benchmarks and I hope they get close. Here is a 991S running a 7:37 from BTG.



Has there been any leaked numbers at the ring for the GT350.

If the 13-14 GT500 was any indication, we will not get official numbers from Ford but leaked videos of their runs towards the end of production.

 

[Hack]

Yeah I think that some of the numbers for Nurburgring lap times have been exaggerated, so that penalizes a company who will only be honest with their times. Therefore putting out the numbers doesn't make sense.

I have to say I would love to know the time and to view a lap from inside the car would be terrific. I don't care if one car is a few seconds faster or slower than the other. I think just a different warmer or colder day or a different driver or a good versus bad lap will make quite a bit of difference on such a varied and long track.

 

[thePill]

The 2015/'16 Mustang GT350 will Lap Nurburgring in under 7:40. I am not sure what the car will do when it isn't prepped for Nurburgring. Probably around 8 minutes...

 

[Trackaholic]

The 2015/'16 Mustang GT350 will Lap Nurburgring in under 7:40. I am not sure what the car will do when it isn't prepped for Nurburgring. Probably around 8 minutes...

What do you consider "prepped for Nurburgring"?

Is that just a cage and timing equipment? Or are you thinking specific shock/spring settings, alignment settings, tires, etc.?

In general I don't care about the time. I just want the car to be well balanced, fun to drive, and I want it to sound bitchin! Pretty sure all those will be covered.

-T

 

[thePill]

What do you consider "prepped for Nurburgring"?

Is that just a cage and timing equipment? Or are you thinking specific shock/spring settings, alignment settings, tires, etc.?

In general I don't care about the time. I just want the car to be well balanced, fun to drive, and I want it to sound bitchin! Pretty sure all those will be covered.

-T

Prep as in roll cage and all the tuning and changes associated with cage installation.

 

[IGJoe2192]

Ford doesn't announce lap times for a lot of reasons, but the main thing is all of the prep that goes into the cars and the changing track conditions. You almost never get the same run back to back.

 

[ihc95]

I'd expect it to be about as fast as an M4 (7:52) around the 'Ring. The GT350R or whatever they call it would probably be sub 7:40.

 

[thePill]

Ford doesn't announce lap times for a lot of reasons, but the main thing is all of the prep that goes into the cars and the changing track conditions. You almost never get the same run back to back.

^This should be the basic disclaimer on the Nurburgring Wiki... In a nutshell, this is why those times are hard to use as baseline.

 

[Falc'man]

Faster than GT500.
Depending on spec I'd say faster than Z28 as well.

 

[OppoLock]

What do you consider "prepped for Nurburgring"?

Is that just a cage and timing equipment? Or are you thinking specific shock/spring settings, alignment settings, tires, etc.?

In general I don't care about the time. I just want the car to be well balanced, fun to drive, and I want it to sound bitchin! Pretty sure all those will be covered.

-T

+1

 

[thePill]

Did you know?

Using the z28's 7:37 and the ZL1's 7:41, there is only about 200 feet between the two at Nurburgring. The GT500's one timed run of 7:39 would have been no more than half that distance...

All of the Under 8 Min crowd are literally separated by mere inches in some cases.

 

[IGJoe2192]

Just compare Laguna Seca lap times.

 

[02gtnh]

Did you know?

Using the z28's 7:37 and the ZL1's 7:41, there is only about 200 feet between the two at Nurburgring. The GT500's one timed run of 7:39 would have been no more than half that distance...

All of the Under 8 Min crowd are literally separated by mere inches in some cases.

Actually the Z28 would be over 500 ft in front of the ZL1, not 200 ft, and 250' in front on the phantom GT500 7:39 time. So basically in that time slot for every sec is about 150'.

 

[kulfyur]

Did you know?

Using the z28's 7:37 and the ZL1's 7:41, there is only about 200 feet between the two at Nurburgring. The GT500's one timed run of 7:39 would have been no more than half that distance...

All of the Under 8 Min crowd are literally separated by mere inches in some cases.

Actually the Z28 would be over 500 ft in front of the ZL1, not 200 ft, and 250' in front on the phantom GT500 7:39 time. So basically in that time slot for every sec is about 150'.

Unless you guys have the speed they were going when they crossed the line for each car, neither one of you know the distance between cars. Heck, even if you did it would still be inaccurate unless you know the acceleration of the trailing car.

Let's not just through out crap numbers guys. Also 200 feet difference crossing a finish line is a gigantic gap. Heck 200 inches is pretty big almost 2 car lengths.

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